Seems like you're misinformed. Those unofficial clients are blocked already. Since 2014, WA has been throwing out Cease&Desists to unofficial clients which has led to the disappearance of a whole lof them on GitHub and not being able to log in anymore in the clients. Some users of those apps also noticed their account got blocked by WA.

Seems like you're misinformed. Those unofficial clients are blocked already. Since 2014, WA has been throwing out Cease&Desists to unofficial clients which has led to the disappearance of a whole lof them on GitHub and not being able to log in anymore in the clients. Some users of those apps also noticed their account got blocked by WA.

My understanding (though I have no personal knowledge) was that there was at least one client that was still working. But, yes, WA has been aggressively shutting down third-party clients for a couple of years, as they NEVER had a public API and those clients were using hacked APIs. But WA has announced that they'll be implementing some additional security at the client level and will be using the servers to block all older/non-authorized clients.

Best for me would be something open, free, standard..
At the moment I think that there is nothing like that because even telegram is based in a centralized server dependant on a company.

Jabber was amazing but it is associated to an server account of a phone number...

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I don't use 'em myself but you could have a look at Linphone and ChatSecure (both available in Snap/Play Store). Both free and open source and a focus on security (esp. ChatSecure).
And as far as standards go: ChatSecure is available for Android and iOS and Linphone is available for Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows (desktop), Mac, Linux and also has a Web client.

I don't use 'em myself but you could have a look at Linphone and ChatSecure (both available in Snap/Play Store). Both free and open source and a focus on security (esp. ChatSecure).
And as far as standards go: ChatSecure is available for Android and iOS and Linphone is available for Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows (desktop), Mac, Linux and also has a Web client.

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What's the point? None of em has the same number of subscribers as whatsapp. Lets face it, there's no way people are going to install another bunch of applications just to communicate with us!

What's the point? None of em has the same number of subscribers as whatsapp. Lets face it, there's no way people are going to install another bunch of applications just to communicate with us!

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I know. But the person I responded to was specifically asking for a real open source alternative so probably doesn't care about the amount of subscribers, else he/she wouldn't be asking a question *specifically* about a real open source alternative.

Next time please read the post I respond to before replying. Thanks in advance.

I know. But the person I responded to was specifically asking for a real open source alternative so probably doesn't care about the amount of subscribers, else he/she wouldn't be asking a question *specifically* about a real open source alternative.

Next time please read the post I respond to before replying. Thanks in advance.

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Ok, my bad, I am sorry if I had got you confused. My comment was not just limited to the open source alternatives. I was asking you in regards with the forum topic ( Whatsapp). In general, what's the point in having all the apps around the world, if none of our beloved ones are in it?